Chapter 17

           

           StepanArkadyevitch’saffairswereinaverybadway.

           Themoneyfortwo-thirdsoftheforesthadallbeenspentalready,andhehadborrowedfromthemerchantinadvanceattenpercentdiscount,almostalltheremainingthird.Themerchantwouldnotgivemore,especiallyasDaryaAlexandrovna,forthefirsttimethatwinterinsistingonherrighttoherownproperty,hadrefusedtosignthereceiptforthepaymentofthelastthirdoftheforest.Allhissalarywentonhouseholdexpensesandinpaymentofpettydebtsthatcouldnotbeputoff.Therewaspositivelynomoney.

           Thiswasunpleasantandawkward,andinStepanArkadyevitch’sopinionthingscouldnotgoonlikethis.Theexplanationofthepositionwas,inhisview,tobefoundinthefactthathissalarywastoosmall.Theposthefilledhadbeenunmistakablyverygoodfiveyearsago,butitwassonolonger.

           Petrov,thebankdirector,hadtwelvethousand;Sventitsky,acompanydirector,hadseventeenthousand;Mitin,whohadfoundedabank,receivedfiftythousand.

           “ClearlyI’vebeennapping,andthey’veoverlookedme,”StepanArkadyevitchthoughtabouthimself.Andhebegankeepinghiseyesandearsopen,andtowardstheendofthewinterhehaddiscoveredaverygoodberthandhadformedaplanofattackuponit,atfirstfromMoscowthroughaunts,uncles,andfriends,andthen,whenthematterwaswelladvanced,inthespring,hewenthimselftoPetersburg.Itwasoneofthosesnug,lucrativeberthsofwhichtherearesomanymorenowadaysthanthereusedtobe,withincomesrangingfromonethousandtofiftythousandroubles.

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